CFFX-FM
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| City | Kingston, Ontario |
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| Branding | 104.3 Fresh Radio |
| Slogan | Love The Music |
| Frequency | 104.3 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | August 31, 1942 (AM) October 15, 2007 (FM) |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
| ERP | 4 kws average 8 kWs peak |
| HAAT | 247.9 meters (813 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | C Kingston Whig-Standard |
| Former callsigns | CKWS (1942-1987) CFFX (1987-2007) CFFX-FM (2007-2010) |
| Owner |
Corus Entertainment (Corus Premium Television Ltd.) |
| Sister stations | CFMK-FM, CKWS-DT |
| Website | www.1043freshradio.ca |
CKWS-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 104.3 FM in Kingston, Ontario. The station airs a hot adult contemporary format branded on-air as 104.3 Fresh Radio.
The station is owned by Corus Entertainment, which also owns CFMK-FM and CKWS-DT.
The station was launched in 1942 as CKWS, a CBC Trans-Canada Network affiliate taking over CBC responsibilities from Queen's University radio station CFRC. Broadcasting on AM 960, the station was owned by Allied Broadcasting, a partnership of Roy Thomson and Rupert Davies, owner of the Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper. The call letters were derived from the newspaper's name, as was common at the time.
FM sister station CKWS-FM (now CFMK-FM) signed on in 1947 (originally as CKWR-FM), and CKWS-TV launched in 1954. For most of the 1960s and 1970s, CKWS battled local rival CKLC for listenership, since both stations had adopted a similar Top 40 music format, although CKWS always carried more news and community programming.
The stations were purchased by Paul Desmarais and Claude Pratte in 1977. In 1982, the station would move to new studios on Counter Street. In 1987 the station became part of Desmarais' Power Corporation and adopted the call letters CFFX, as it would no longer be associated with the television station, which retained the CKWS name. At the same time, CFMK-FM relocated its studios to the Counter Street location.
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